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as in rally
a mass meeting for the purpose of displaying or arousing support for a cause or person
disgruntled students organized a demonstration to protest the change in university policy
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as in display
an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect
staged a grand demonstration of her love for her husband with a candlelight-and-champagne Valentine's Day dinner
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Recent Examples of demonstration
Kenya’s deteriorating economy — youth unemployment stands at 67% — has turned the country into a tinderbox: Yesterday’s protests were preceded by violent demonstrations against the killing of a blogger while in police custody, leaving many seeking answers.
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
Election officials, civil society groups and researchers can teach how audits work, host open-source verification demonstrations and ensure that high-tech electoral processes are comprehensible to voters.
—Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
The demonstration comes after reports of a string of ICE raids in Los Angeles on Thursday, including one outside of a nearby Home Depot on Sunset Boulevard.
—Bonnie McLean, ABC News, 19 June 2025
Dueling demonstrations, wars, immigration, inflation — any number of issues grab our attention daily.
—Anastasia G McAteer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
Election officials, civil society groups and researchers can teach how audits work, host open-source verification demonstrations and ensure that high-tech electoral processes are comprehensible to voters.
—Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
The demonstration comes after reports of a string of ICE raids in Los Angeles on Thursday, including one outside of a nearby Home Depot on Sunset Boulevard.
—Bonnie McLean, ABC News, 19 June 2025
Dueling demonstrations, wars, immigration, inflation — any number of issues grab our attention daily.
—Anastasia G McAteer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonstration
Noun
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Verden noted that the Highland Park shooter and the gunman who shot at then-candidate Donald Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year were both positioned on rooftops.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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New charges have been filed against the suspect in a molotov cocktail firebomb attack at a rally for Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colo., earlier this month after an 82-year-old victim died from her injuries.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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As dusk turns to night on June 27, the shower is likely to produce its most impressive displays.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The 13-inch Laptop does make some welcome upgrades—a backlit keyboard, a somewhat larger and higher-resolution display panel—but its aluminum body feels slightly softer and flimsier than what the main Surface Laptop uses.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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The live demo showed a user fetching data on a network outage and making UI widgets in real time to manage it.—
Patrick Moorhead,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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While the median age of the broadcast viewer is now north of 65 years—bear in mind that the terminal age of the medium’s eldest trafficked demo is 54 years—streaming audiences are at often as much as 30 years younger, or far closer to the median age of the U.S. population at large (38.9).—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
20 June 2025
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Nationwide, more than 145 people have been hospitalized with measles so far this year, federal data show, and many of those hospitalized have needed intensive care.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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There might've been a little fear getting three of us back onto a set that is a big monster show.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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“Demonstration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonstration. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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